President Donald Trump is urging Republicans to make immigration their central issue in the midterm election, which is less than three weeks away, as Republican chances of keeping the House are sinking and a wave of immigrants is on the march from Central America.

His political advice comes as images from the immigrants' march flood the news and the president himself is disputing a headline on an interview he gave the Associated Press that claims he said he won't take the blame should the GOP falter in November.

'Hard to believe that with thousands of people from South of the Border, walking unimpeded toward our country in the form of large Caravans, that the Democrats won't approve legislation that will allow laws for the protection of our country. Great Midterm issue for Republicans!,' he tweeted Wednesday morning.

President Trump is urging Republicans to make immigration an election issue

Honduran migrants walking to the U.S. from Chiquimula, Guatemala on Wednesday

A migrant caravan set out on October 13 from the impoverished, violence-plagued country and was headed north on the long journey through Guatemala and Mexico to the U.S. border

'Republicans must make the horrendous, weak and outdated immigration laws, and the Border, a part of the Midterms!,' he added.

The president has long viewed immigration a winning issue for Republicans and partially credits his White House victory on his tough stance on the matter.

Independent political prognosticators are giving Democrats strong chances of retaking the House in November while Republicans are increasingly confident they will hold the Senate.

The president is touting the immigration issue while threatening to cut off funding to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador if those governments don't stop waves of immigrants from coming to the United States.

Up to 3,000 migrants crossed from Honduras into Guatemala on Monday on a trek northward.

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Thousands of migrants have fled Honduras and other Central American nations in an effort to escape the poverty and violence that has engulfed their homelands.

Immigration is an issue the president has consistently used as a hammer in his dealing with Congress and Democrats.

He has threatened to shut down the government if he doesn't getting funding to build his border wall.

Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has prepped legislation that would fully fund the president's border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border with a $23.4 billion price tag.

But Congress is in recess until after November's election although the House could take up the matter when it returns in mid-November.

Democrats, however, oppose any legislation funding for the border wall that does not include protection for the so-called Dreamers, the children of illegal immigrants brought by their parents to the U.S. when they were young.

The group of Honduran immigrants are headed to the United States

Trump thinks immigration can be a winning issue for Republicans

Trump sees immigration as one of issues that helped put him in the White House

Trump has threatened to cut off funding from Central American countries that don't stop their immigrants

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who is seeking to be speaker of the House should her party retake control, said one of their first priorities would be legislation to protect Dreamers.

She also told Politico she does not see any Democrats voting to fund the wall.

'I don't see any of us voting for wall funding. … We have a responsibility to secure our borders. There are ways to do that that are consistent with civilization, humanitarianism and who we are as a nation. We have to remove all doubt about that,' she said.

And the president is gripping about a headline on an interview he gave the AP that said 'Trump tells AP he won't accept blame if GOP loses House.'

The president, when asked in the interview whether he'd 'bear some responsibility' for losses, replied, 'No, I think I'm helping people.'

'AP headline was very different from my quote and meaning in the story. They just can't help themselves. FAKE NEWS!' he tweeted without context on Wednesday.